'They want to feel like men': Why is gen Z turning to rightwing politics?

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Young men and women are pulling apart ideologically - In the US, UK, South Korea, France, Germany and elsewhere, young women now take far more liberal positions on immigration and racial justice than young men, while older age groups remain evenly matched.
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At the same time, as Reform UK polls neck and neck with Labour, a new group of voters referred to as ‘radical young men’ make up one of the party's largest voting blocks, mirroring the Trump campaign’s focus on the ‘manosphere’ during the US election. The Guardian's Damien Gayle goes in search of these ‘Radical Young Men’ to ask why they are turning to the right.

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